One of the largest national forests east of the Mississippi owes its birth to an environmental disaster. The history of the Chattahoochee National Forest, which takes its name from the river whose headwaters rise in the north Georgia mountains, is the story of a phoenix rising, not from ashes but from a rubble-strewn landscape left
The March 2023 Vintage Rabun Quarterly contains photographs and a history of the Bynum House previously located on US 76 West. The newsletter also includes a brief history of the Georgia/North Carolina state boundary marker that was placed in 1819 and will be on display at the Rabun County Historical Society museum beginning in April.
“He has never turned down a call. Cold winter nights, bad roads, long distances, have not kept Doc indoors when a call came. He feels as much urgency of the need in a shack twenty miles back in the mountains as on Main Street; and ministers with as much care to a grubby patient under
Sinking Mountain is located about seven miles northwest of Tallulah Falls. Some people claimed the mountain was sinking a few inches every year. They swore you could feel the mountain moving under your feet. Others dismissed this claim as sheer nonsense. But we are getting ahead of our story about the Hostess of Sinking Mountain.
Standing a lanky six-feet-five, Logan E. Bleckley was not known to frequent barbershops. His hair hung loosely around his shoulders, and his generous beard flowed down his chest. When asked about his appearance, he replied that Moses also wore his hair long, which also had the benefit of protecting his neck. Bleckley was a student
Short, weighing just over 100 pounds, highly intelligent and graced with a choirboy face, he was nicknamed for a small baitfish. He made up for his diminutive stature with guns and his willingness to use them. No jail could prevent him from escaping, but before one jailbreak, he ran a counterfeiting scheme behind bars. And
A Rabun County mountain man from Tiger, Thomas E. Roane was not an electrical engineer. In fact, he had no college education at all. But that did not stop him from engineering and building the first power generating system to bring electricity to Clayton back in 1914. That was the same year Georgia Railway and
The topics in the September 2020 edition of the Rabun County Historical Society’s Vintage Rabun newsletter are: Update on museum renovation and new website People who made a difference: Sheriff Luther Rickman and Justice Logan E. Bleckley Use the link below to download the newsletter in PDF format: 2020 Sept Vintage Rabun
The topic of the December 2019 edition of the Rabun County Historical Society’s Vintage Rabun newsletter is: The Origins of Rabun’s Library: Women, The “Judge”, Panel Trucks, The WPA Use the link below to download the newsletter in PDF format 2019 Dec Vintage Rabun (PDF)
The topic of the September 2015 edition of the Rabun County Historical Society’s Vintage Rabun newsletter is: Lillian Smith: Activist and Neighbor Use the link below to download the newsletter in PDF format 2015 Sept Vintage Rabun (PDF)
The topic of the March 2014 edition of the Rabun County Historical Society’s Vintage Rabun newsletter is: Frank Rickman: “Red-Clay Michelangelo” Use the link below to download the newsletter in PDF format 2014 March Vintage Rabun (PDF)
The topic of the December 2012 edition of the Rabun County Historical Society’s Vintage Rabun newsletter is: High Elevation History Use the link below to download the newsletter in PDF format 2012 Dec Vintage Rabun (PDF)
The topic of the September 2012 edition of the Rabun County Historical Society’s Vintage Rabun newsletter is: The Children Came to Play Use the link below to download the newsletter in PDF format 2012 Sept Vintage Rabun (PDF)
The topic of the December 2011 edition of the Rabun County Historical Society’s Vintage Rabun newsletter is: Focus on Women Use the link below to download the newsletter in PDF format 2011 Dec Vintage Rabun (PDF)
The topic of the January 2010 edition of the Rabun County Historical Society’s Vintage Rabun newsletter is: Chief Justice Logan E. Bleckley Use the link below to download the newsletter in PDF format 2010 Jan Vintage Rabun (PDF)
© 2020 Rabun County Historical Society.
All Rights Reserved.
The Society publishes a newsletter four times per year. Enter your email address below to get notified when a new edition is available.
81 North Church Street
Clayton, Georgia 30525
(706) 782-5292